Patents Assigned to ECO Holding 1 GmbH
  • Patent number: 10954850
    Abstract: A connecting rod for a variable compression internal combustion engine, the connecting rod an eccentrical element adjustment arrangement for adjusting an effective connecting rod length, the eccentrical element adjustment arrangement including a first cylinder including a first hydraulic chamber and a second cylinder including a second hydraulic chamber, a first inlet for feeding hydraulic fluid into the first cylinder from a supply and a first outlet for draining the hydraulic fluid from the first cylinder, a second inlet for feeding hydraulic fluid into the second cylinder from the supply and a second outlet for draining the hydraulic fluid from the second cylinder, a switch valve for controlling a hydraulic fluid flow, the switch valve including a piston that is movable in a housing, wherein the piston is displaceable into a first switching position or a second switching position, wherein the second outlet of the second cylinder is connected with the supply in the first switching position and the first out
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventors: David Huber, Dietmar Schulze, Mario Witopil
  • Patent number: 10934898
    Abstract: A cam phaser for an internal combustion engine, the cam phaser including a stator including vane cells; a rotor configured rotatable relative to the stator and including vanes arranged in the vane cells of the stator, wherein the vanes respectively divide the vane cells into advance chambers and retard chambers; a control valve configured to move the rotor at least between an advance position and a retard position, wherein the control valve includes a hollow piston that is axially movable within a piston channel, a pressure medium connection, a tank connection and at least four operating connections including at least one advance connection and at least one retard connection, wherein each of the vane cells includes an advance chamber that is connected to the control valve through the at least one advance connection and a retard chamber connected to the control valve through the at least one retard connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventors: Kenneth Parker, Mustafa Mohammed, Tim Wells, John Snyder
  • Patent number: 10927722
    Abstract: A vane type cam phaser for an internal combustion engine, the vane type cam phaser including a stator and a rotor that is rotatable relative to the stator to adjust a phase angle of a camshaft; a spring element configured to align the rotor with the stator in an idle position; a spring adapter that is arranged between the spring element and the rotor and an axial fixing device that fixes the spring adapter at the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventors: Rene Heym, Norbert Loesch, Markus Todt, Stefan Wanner
  • Patent number: 10927974
    Abstract: A hydraulic solenoid valve including a first port, a second port, a third port, a housing having at least one land between the first port and the second port, the at least one land including at least one balancing groove, and a spool that moves within the housing. The first port has a pressure higher pressure than a pressure of the second port, and the at least one centering groove is in communication with the third port. A flow of hydraulic fluid from the first port to the third port helps remove contamination from the at least one balancing groove and/or a flow of hydraulic fluid from the third port to the second port helps remove contamination from the at least one balancing groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventor: Chris Lentz
  • Patent number: 10900388
    Abstract: An electrohydraulic valve including an electromagnetic actuator assembly; and a hydraulic assembly, wherein the electromagnetic actuator assembly and the hydraulic assembly are arranged in axial alignment along a longitudinal axis, wherein the hydraulic assembly includes a valve housing in which a valve piston is arranged axially movable along the longitudinal axis, wherein the electromagnetic actuator assembly includes an actuator housing, a coil configured to generate a magnetic field and an armature that is arranged axially movable along the longitudinal axis to position the valve piston, wherein a connection is formed between the electromagnetic actuator assembly and the hydraulic assembly, wherein the actuator housing is formed by an encasement of at least the coil with a synthetic material through injection molding, wherein a circumferential annular groove is formed in which a seal element is positioned that seals the electromagnetic actuator assembly between the hydraulic assembly and the electromagnet
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Goll, Sebastian Nickel, Andre Selke
  • Patent number: 10895178
    Abstract: An actuator for a cam phaser, wherein the cam phaser includes a hydraulic valve that is adjustable by the actuator, wherein the actuator is receivable at a housing section by at least one form locking connection, wherein the at least one form locking connection includes a first form element pair and a second form element pair, wherein the first form element pair includes a first stop and the second form element pair includes a second stop, and wherein the first stop and the second stop are oriented in opposite directions of rotation of the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventors: Tim Wells, Brian Kujawski, Brent Brower
  • Patent number: 10883394
    Abstract: A support arrangement for an actuator of a cam phaser, the support arrangement including an actuator module including an actuator; and a support element configured to support the actuator module on a camshaft, wherein the actuator module is connected to the support element by an electrical contact arrangement configured to actuate the actuator, and wherein the electrical contact arrangement includes an elastic clamping element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventor: Daniel Stanhope
  • Patent number: 10883616
    Abstract: A control valve for a cam phaser of an internal combustion engine, the control valve including a cylindrical housing, including a first operating connection, a second operating connection, a supply connection, and a tank drain connection configured to drain a hydraulic fluid; a control piston device, including a control piston, a piston shaft, a first check valve, and a second check valve; wherein the control piston device is arranged in the housing and movable by an actuator in an axial direction of the housing, wherein the first check valve is configured with a first piston disc and the second check valve is configured with a second piston disc and the first piston disc and the second piston disc are arranged offset from each other by a torsion spring so that a control chamber is formed between the first piston disc and the second piston disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventor: Daniel Stanhope
  • Patent number: 10823017
    Abstract: A dual cam phaser for an internal combustion engine, the dual cam phaser including a stator which is drivable by a crankshaft; a rotor which rotatable relative to the stator; a first camshaft; a second camshaft; and a mechanical switching element which is connected to the first camshaft and the second camshaft, wherein the first camshaft and the second camshaft are arranged coaxial with one another, wherein the first camshaft or the second camshaft is connected with the rotor to rotate together with the rotor, and wherein a phase difference between the first camshaft and the second is adjustable by the mechanical switching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventors: James Morehead, Daniel Sing
  • Patent number: 10801402
    Abstract: A connecting rod for a variable compression internal combustion engine, the connecting rod comprising: at least one hydraulic chamber configured in a connecting rod body, wherein the at least one hydraulic chamber is connectable by a check valve with a bearing shell of the connecting rod or with a tank, wherein the check valve includes a closure element and a valve seat, wherein the closure element contacts the valve seat in a blocking position of the closure element and blocks a fluid path, and wherein the closure element is arranged in a bore hole of the connecting rod body and the valve seat is introduced into the connecting rod body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Mudra, Dietmar Schulze
  • Patent number: 10794270
    Abstract: A connecting rod for an internal combustion engine with variable compression, the connecting rod including an eccentrical element adjustment arrangement configured to adjust an effective connecting rod length, wherein the eccentrical element adjustment arrangement includes an eccentrical element that cooperates with an eccentrical element lever and supports rods that engage the eccentrical element lever, and wherein the eccentrical element lever is integrally configured in one piece as a stamped and bent component or fabricated by a massive cold forming method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventors: David Huber, Dietmar Schulze, Alexander Mudra
  • Patent number: 10781728
    Abstract: A kit including a cam phaser, including a central valve that is configured to distribute a pressure fluid, and an actuator that controls the central valve, a rotor that is rotatably supported in a stator, wherein the cam phaser is driven or drivable by a dry running traction drive, wherein a pressure fluid distribution chamber that is fillable with the pressure fluid through the central valve is provided between the cam phaser and the actuator, wherein the pressure fluid distribution chamber is connected with an armature chamber of the actuator and sealed towards an ambient, wherein the actuator includes at least one armature that is movable by a coil, a pole core and a pole tube that form a pole tube assembly, and wherein the pressure fluid distribution chamber is sealed by a bonded or friction locking and form locking connection of the actuator with the central valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Wanner, Bernhard Schatz, Andre Selke
  • Patent number: 10781831
    Abstract: A switch valve for controlling a hydraulic fluid flow, the switch valve comprising: a capture element that is arranged in a valve housing and that is displaceable into a first switching position or a second switching position and interlockable by a spring loaded interlocking element in the first switching position or the second switching position, wherein a first hydraulic connection is connected with a relief connection in the first switching position and a second hydraulic connection is connected with the relief connection in the second switching position, wherein a switching travel of the capture element is limited, wherein the interlocking element is at least partially arranged in a recess of the capture element, and wherein the valve housing includes a first groove that is oriented in an axial direction and limited in the axial direction wherein the interlocking element is arranged axially movable in the first groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Balling, Dietmar Schulze
  • Patent number: 10781727
    Abstract: A cam phaser for a camshaft, the cam phaser including a stator that is operatively connected with a crankshaft through a drive wheel; a rotor that is connectable torque proof with a camshaft and rotatable relative to the stator, wherein the drive wheel is connected torque proof or integrally configured in one piece with a stator base element or with a stator cover that is connected to and sealed relative to the stator base element, wherein a vane of the rotor is arrangeable between two bars of the stator and an intermediary space that is configured between the two bars is divided by the vane into a first pressure cavity and a second pressure cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Belicke, Andreas Berwinkl, Norbert Loesch
  • Patent number: 10760454
    Abstract: An oil control valve for a cam phaser of an internal combustion engine where the spool is positioned by an external actuator. The valve includes a spool assembly including a spool that is axially movable in a central opening, and there is at least one groove in the spool. The groove substantially increases fluid flow through the hydraulic valve when opened. By controlling the size and position of the groove, the amount of the fluid flow may be controlled. Further fluid flow control may be had by controlling the size of holes in the spool. The increase of fluid flow attributable to the groove may be at least 50%, 100% or even 200% compared with the at least one groove being absent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventor: Daniel Stanhope
  • Patent number: 10746199
    Abstract: A hydraulic module configured to control a hydraulic fluid flow of a connecting rod of an internal combustion with variable compression, the connecting rod including an eccentrical element adjustment arrangement for adjusting an effective connecting rod length, wherein the eccentrical element adjustment arrangement includes at least a first cylinder and a second cylinder configured as hydraulic chambers, wherein a first inlet for feeding hydraulic fluid into the first cylinder through a supply conduit and a second inlet for feeding hydraulic fluid into the second cylinder through the supply conduit and a first outlet for draining hydraulic fluid from the first cylinder and a second outlet for draining hydraulic fluid from the second cylinder are provided, wherein the hydraulic module includes at least one piston that is displaceable in a housing into a first switching position or a second switching position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventors: David Huber, Dietmar Schulze
  • Patent number: 10738689
    Abstract: A connecting rod for a variable compression internal combustion engine, the connecting rod including an eccentrical element adjust arrangement for adjusting an effective connecting rod length, wherein an adjustment travel of the eccentrical element adjustment arrangement is adjustable by a switch valve, and wherein a valve housing of the switch valve is axially secured in a borehole of the connecting rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventors: David Huber, Dietmar Schulze, Michael Seipel
  • Patent number: 10714250
    Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator including an actuator unit; and an actuation unit acting in an axial direction, wherein the actuator unit includes a coil generating a magnetic field and including a pole core that is arranged within the coil, wherein at least two permanent magnets are arranged adjoining a face of the pole core in the axial direction so that the at least two permanent magnets are applicable to the face of the pole core and movable in the axial direction so that the at least two permanent magnets are drivable by the coil independently from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Maisch, Bernhard Schatz, Hartmut Weber
  • Patent number: 10711691
    Abstract: A connecting rod for a variable compression internal combustion engine, the connecting rod including a crank bearing eye for connecting the connecting rod with a crank shaft; a connecting rod bearing eye configured to connect the connecting rod with a cylinder piston of the internal combustion; an eccentrical element adjustment arrangement configured to adjust an effective connecting rod length, wherein the eccentrical element adjustment arrangement includes an eccentrical element that cooperates with an eccentrical element lever, wherein the eccentrical element is configured to receive a wrist pin of the cylinder piston, wherein the eccentrical element adjustment arrangement includes at least one cylinder with a piston that is displaceably supported in a cylinder bore hole and connected with a support rod, wherein the eccentrical element lever includes two eccentrical element lever segments which are connected by at least one connecting bolt to which the support rod is pivotably connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Diehm, Dietmar Kaufmann
  • Patent number: 10690177
    Abstract: A connecting rod for a variable compression internal combustion engine, the connecting rod including a crank bearing eye for connecting the connecting rod with a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine; a connecting rod bearing eye for connecting the connecting rod with a cylinder piston of the internal combustion engine; an eccentrical element adjustment arrangement for adjusting an effective connecting rod length, wherein the eccentrical element adjustment arrangement includes an eccentrical element that cooperates with an eccentrical element lever and that is connected torque proof with the eccentrical element lever, wherein a wrist pin of the cylinder piston is receivable in the eccentrical element, wherein the eccentrical element adjustment arrangement includes two cylinders with a respective piston that is supported in a cylinder bore and connected with a respective support rod, wherein the eccentrical element lever includes one or plural eccentrical element lever segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventors: David Huber, Stefanie Hutzelmann, Dietmar Schulze